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xenobiont

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
xeno-biont
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any organism found in surroundings, or in association with another organism, in which it is normally absent.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos)der. English xeno- English -biont English xenobiont From xeno- + -biont.

Inflected Forms

xenobionts (plural)

Questions

What does xenobiont mean?
Any organism found in surroundings, or in association with another organism, in which it is normally absent.
Where does xenobiont come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos)der. English xeno- English -biont English xenobiont From xeno- + -biont.

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